江苏省位于我国大陆东部沿海中心,长江下游,跨江滨海,平原辽阔,水网密布,湖泊众多;东部有954公里的海岸线,长江横穿东西365公里,京杭大运河纵贯南北690公里,大小河道2900多条、湖泊290多个,水运经济发达。长江江苏段是全世界船舶通航密度最大、通航环境最复杂的水域之一,断面船舶流量日均超过3000艘次,最高时达5000多艘次,2012年货物吞吐量达10.6亿吨,其中 Jiangsu Province is located in the eastern coastal center of China’s mainland, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, across the seafront, vast plains, water networks, many lakes; the eastern 954 kilometers of coastline, 365 kilometers east-west across the Yangtze River, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs 690 kilometers north and south, More than 2900 rivers, more than 290 lakes, water transport economy developed. The Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River is one of the most densely navigable ships in the world with the most complicated navigable environment. The daily cross-section flow of ships is more than 3,000 ships a day, reaching a maximum of more than 5,000 ships at a time of peak. In 2012, the cargo throughput reached 1.06 billion tons, of which